
France
The Ben Barka Affair: At 75, Bachir Refuses to Give Up and Demands the Truth About an Unresolved Political Crime
Settled for the past three years in Pornichet, Loire-Atlantique, to enjoy a peaceful retirement facing the ocean, Bachir Ben Barka remains haunted by a past that won’t go away. At 75, this former mathematics professor devotes his time and energy to a relentless quest: to know the truth about the fate of his father, Mehdi Ben Barka, the famous Moroccan opponent who was kidnapped in the heart of Paris sixty years ago.